Description
Produced for the annual Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting, the Commonwealth Health Ministers’ Update is a central source of information for Ministers on topical health priorities. The theme for the 2009 Meeting is ‘health and climate change: current vulnerabilities and priorities for action.’
This accompanying reference book provides comprehensive and essential information on the many important health challenges facing Commonwealth citizens in the 21st century resulting from climate change. With 31 specially conducted country surveys into the impact of climate change on health, complete with full analysis, plus articles from many of the world’s leading experts, this publication gives a valuable overview of the issues and explains the latest thinking in both the private and public sectors.
Published for the Commonwealth Secretariat by Pro-Brook Publishing Ltd.
Contents
Foreword: Commonwealth Health Ministers’ Update 2009
Introduction: Health and climate change: current risks and future challenges
Chapter 1
Climate change and human health by Professor Anthony J McMichael
Supporter’s Feature: What’s working in healthcare reform by Jean P Drouin, Viktor Hediger, Nicolaus Henke, Ludwig Kanzier and Paolo De Santis
Regional Case Study: The impact of climate change on health in the East, Central and Southern African (ECSA) region by Steven V Shongwe
Regional Case Study: Impact of climate change on health and current policy responses in West Africa by West African Health Organization
Supporter’s Feature: The Lilly MDR-TB Partnership: Innovation to fight a disease by Patrizia Carlevaro
Chapter 2
The health risks of climate change by Kristie L Ebi and Anthony Nyong
Special Feature: Malaria and climate change by Dr Andrew Karanja Githeko
Chapter 3
Developing effective adaptation strategies by Sari Kovats, Mozaharul Alam, Palanitina Tupuimatagi Toelupe and Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed
Regional Case Study: Climate change its impact and policy responses in the SADC region by Directorate for Social and Human development and Special Programmes, Directorate for Food Agriculture and Natural Resources and Directorate for Infrastructure and Services
Chapter 4
Mitigating climate, meeting MDGs, and moderating chronic disease: the health co-benefits landscape by Kirk R Smith and Kalpana Balakrishnan
Sponsored Feature: Environmental aspects of the UK’s National Health Service by Richard Wootton
Special Feature: Climate change and health: a Pacific perspective by Dr Jimmie Rodgers
Sponsored Feature: The evolving face of nutritional needs and assistance – SIGHT AND LIFE’s two decades of humanitarian assistance
Regional Case Study: Climate change and health: current vulnerabilities and priorities for action by Garfield Barnwell and Dr Rudolph Cummings
Chapter 5
Responding to the health impacts of climate change in the Commonwealth by Judith Parsons and Victoria Hall
Annex: Responses to the Commonwealth Survey on Health and Climate Change
Australia
Barbados
Belize
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Cameroon
Canada
Cook Islands
Jamaica
Kenya
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Sponsored Feature: Public health and healthcare in the Republic of Mauritius
Nauru
New Zealand
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
Sponsored Feature: Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Health moves full speed on its transformational plan
Uganda
UK
Vanuatu
List of Supporters and Advertisers/Acknowledgements